This article examines how Indigenous, Black, and people of colour (IBPOC) music industry workers navigate moments of racism and microaggressions. Through interviews with musical artists and industry workers ( N = 55), the article identifies two strategies for navigating situational acts of racism: alleviation and confrontation. Those choosing to alleviate reactions to racism express a psychic weight that stays with them, while those choosing to confront racism report that social accountability guides their actions. These strategies reveal both the persistence of and resistance to the music industry’s somatic norm – the corporeal baseline of whiteness against which non-White bodies are perceived and judged. They also result in a longer-term mental load that becomes constitutive of career advancement efforts.

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承担精神重量和责任：应对创意工作中的种族主义和微侵犯


本文探讨了原住民、黑人和有色人种 (IBPOC) 音乐产业工作者如何应对种族主义和微侵犯的时刻。通过对音乐艺术家和行业工人（N = 55）的采访，本文确定了应对种族主义情景行为的两种策略：缓解和对抗。那些选择减轻对种族主义反应的人表达了一种与他们同在的精神压力，而那些选择对抗种族主义的人则表示社会责任指导着他们的行动。这些策略揭示了音乐产业躯体规范的持久性和抵抗力——白人的肉体基线，非白人身体根据它被感知和判断。它们还会造成长期的精神负担，从而成为职业发展努力的组成部分。